What is the significance of the conservation of electric charge Q?
| Autor: | Tsan Ung Chan |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics [PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th] 010308 nuclear & particles physics media_common.quotation_subject Strong interaction General Physics and Astronomy State (functional analysis) Weak interaction 01 natural sciences Electric charge Universe Baryon asymmetry of universe Classical mechanics Electromagnetism 0103 physical sciences conservation laws 010306 general physics media_common Lepton Mathematical physics |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Modern Physics E International Journal of Modern Physics E, World Scientific Publishing, 2007, 16, pp.1585-1601. ⟨10.1142/S0218301307006952⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0218-3013 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/S0218301307006952⟩ |
| Popis: | The conservation of electric charge Q is a universal law in the sense that it should be conserved in any interaction, known or yet unknown. However, Q should not be considered as a simple number but as the half sum of two irreducible quantities, the baryon lepton asymmetric number BAL = A-L (where A is the baryonic number and L is the leptonic number) and total flavor TF. Conservation of electric charge implies obviously conservation of Q (considered as a simple number) but also BAL and TF. We verify that electromagnetism and strong interaction which conserve Q, A and L and all individual flavors conserve obviously BAL and TF; that weak interaction which conserves Q, A and L conserves also BAL and TF. However, conservation of BAL does not necessarily imply conservation of A and L. In effect Δ BAL = 0 has another solution ΔA = ΔL = ±1 which points to a possible solution to explain how a material and neutral universe could arise evolving from an A = 0, L = 0, Q = 0 state to an A > 0, Q = 0 state through a process which would conserve BAL and TF without conserving separately A and L. |
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